1 Samuel 20:7

In 11 translations

BSB

If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

KJV

If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

WEB

If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.

ASV

If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

LSV

If thus he says: Good; [there is] peace for your servant; and if it is very displeasing to him—know that the evil has been determined by him;

YLT

If thus he say: Good; peace [is] for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him — know that the evil hath been determined by him;

DBY

If he say thus, It is well, — thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.

DRC

If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.

GNV

And if he say thus, It is well, thy seruant shall haue peace: but if he be angrie, be sure that wickednesse is concluded of him.

JPS

If he say thus: It is well; thy servant shall have peace; but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

LXXE

If he shall say thus, Well,— all is safe for thy servant: but if he shall answer harshly to thee, know that evil is determined by him.Gr. peace to thy servant.

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WLC

אִם־כֹּ֥ה יֹאמַ֛ר ט֖וֹב שָׁל֣וֹם לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְאִם־חָרֹ֤ה יֶֽחֱרֶה֙ ל֔וֹ דַּ֕ע כִּֽי־כָלְתָ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ה מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν τάδε εἴπῃ, ἀγαθῶς, εἰρήνη τῷ δούλῳ σου· καὶ ἐὰν σκληρῶς ἀποκριθῇ σοι, γνῶθι ὅτι συντετέλεσται ἡ κακία παρʼ αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
• Esther 7:7In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
• 2 Samuel 17:4This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 1:23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
• 1 Samuel 20:9“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

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